Butterfly effect

[Ashley Cooper]

michael pannwitz wrote:
"Your point about a "scientific notion that small changes..etc" is an
> entirely different matter"

i'd say that, like harrison pointed out, they are also quite related. a
center of inactivity... somebody doing what many may see as "nothing" or as
minor as the flutter of a butterfly wing, can result in, as michael
mentioned, severe consequences, lifelong connections, or tornados in kansas!

piecing together,
ashley

easily amazed:
www.ashleycoop.blogspot.com


> [Original Message]
> From: Pannwitz, Michael M <mmpanne at boscop.de>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Date: 3/22/2004 5:30:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Butterfly effect
>
> Dear Doug,
> when I introduce bumblebees and butterflies I make a point about
> bumble bees being participants following the law of two feet.
> Butterflies, on the other hand, are participants that sort of dont
> really go anywhere, hang out near the coffeepot, seemingly not
> involved in anything. Systemically speaking, they are "centers of
> inactivity", foci of nothingness where nothing is supposed to happen.
> And thats their gift in open space: because nothing is supposed to
> happen where they are there is an awful lot of space for things to
> actually happen.
> And that often is exactly what happens.
> I encourage participants to spot butterflies and when they see one to
> shimmy up and use that vast space...als cautioning them about severe
> consequences of getting in touch with butterflies, such as lifelong
> connections...
> , of course, a chaos theory way of looking
> at cause and effect.
> Greetings from Berlin
> mmp
>
> On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 10:44:16 -0500, Douglas D. Germann, Sr. wrote:
>
> >Hi--
> >
> >For some reason the postings on OSlist this morning
> >triggered the idea of "the Butterfly Effect."
> >
> >This is the scientific notion that small changes in initial
> >conditions in say weather, can make huge changes in outcomes.
> >Thus it is said that a butterfly flapping its wings in China
> >today can cause a tornado in Kansas in two months.
> >
> >Has anyone given any thought to the convergences and
> >divergences of the Butterfly Effect and the effects of
> >"butterflies" in our Open Spaces?
> >
> >It has always been difficult for me to understand the role
> >of butterflies in OST, and perhaps this might actually give
> >us another handle on the subject....
> >
> >                              :-Doug. Germann
> >
> >Ordinary people talk, extraordinary people happen.
> >It's not what you expected, is it?
> >(Footprint in the Wind/sm # 461)
> >
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